Annan seeks UNSC support for April 10 deadline

UNITED NATIONS - Kofi Annan, the United Nations and Arab League joint special envoy for Syria, on Monday underlined the urgency in the Syrian situation and sought the support of the UN Security Council for the April 10 deadline to end the year-long violence in the Middle East country, said Susan Rice, the United States Ambassador to the UN  Rice holds the rotating council presidency for April.    

Rice made the remarks while reading a readout to the press here after Annan briefed the 15-nation council behind closed doors vie teleconference from Geneva.

Annan told the Security Council that the Syrian government had agreed to the April 10 deadline to end the crisis in the country, and he was expecting details from Damascus "very shortly" on the implementation of the six-point peace plan put forward by the special envoy, Rice said.

"Mr.Annan reported that he is expecting details from the Syrian government very shortly on the other aspects of his six-point plan including key requests for humanitarian access, the two-hour daily humanitarian pause as well as access for the media and of course the political process," Rice said.